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Plaque erosion or coronary artery embolism? Findings from clinical presentation, optical coherence tomographic and histopathological analysis in a case with acute coronary syndrome

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    Satoshi Kitahara, Yu Kataoka, Fumiyuki Otsuka, Hayato Hosoda, Yasuhide Asaumi, Teruo Noguchi & Satoshi Yasuda

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Optical coherence tomography pullback prior to percutaneous coronary intervention. (MOV 5427 kb)

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A. Macroscopic images of retrieved thrombus. B. Its microscopic images. Microscopic evaluation revealed the presence of fresh red thrombus containing rich platelets and red blood cells. (TIF 1,142 kb)

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Kitahara, S., Kataoka, Y., Otsuka, F. et al. Plaque erosion or coronary artery embolism? Findings from clinical presentation, optical coherence tomographic and histopathological analysis in a case with acute coronary syndrome. Int J Cardiovasc Imaging 35, 1791–1792 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10554-019-01641-6

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